Details of word ASTRINGENT

Definition of astringent

a. - Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.
a. - Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.
n. - A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc.

Word "astringent" contains 10 letters : A E G I N N R S T T

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